释义 |
self-reˈpellency ? Obs. [self- 1 d.] The quality (possessed by gases) of being made up of mutually repelling molecules or atoms. So self-reˈpellent a., self-reˈpelling ppl. a.
1803J. Black Lect. Chem. I. 34 We may expect to find the matter of heat..rarefied, in consequence of its own..*self-repellency.
Ibid. 49 Heat depends on the abundance of a subtile matter highly elastic, or *self-repellent.
1828–32Webster, *Self-repelling, repelling by its own inherent power. |